Secure document receipt
Recieve critical legal documents like lawsuits and tax notices without compromising your private address.
Access your mail online
See and manage your mail from anywhere. Get notifications for due dates and required actions for all your critical mail.
Automate compliance tasks
Stay focused and save time by handing off your compliance tasks to Postal's team of compliance experts.
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See deadlines at a glance
Postal’s advanced AI gives you an instant overview of all your compliance-related mail with next steps flagged for you.
- Due dates, penalties, and action extracted for you by AI.
- All your correspondence summarized and stored online.
- The right teammate notified every time mail is received.
Leave service of process to us
Hand off your compliance tasks to Postal with ease. Simply tag the Postal compliance team and they’ll make sure your compliance tasks and filings are handled accurately and on time.
- Stay compliant with changing laws and regulations
- Specialized in corporate licensing and insurance compliance
- Focus on your business and leave compliance to Postal
Secure and private mail handling
Receive your legal and regulatory documents with confidence. With Postal as your registered agent, you can be sure of private, secure mail handling that is built to HIPAA and SOC 2 security standards.
- Keep your PHI safe and secure from third parties
- Built to HIPAA and SOC 2 security standards
- Bring your mail into line with how you handle the rest of your data
Features
Smarter than your average virtual mailbox
AI mail handling
Accelerate your mail handling with Postal’s advanced AI that summarizes incoming post, extracts deadlines, flags urgent items, and suggests next steps. All without you opening a single envelope.
- Never miss a deadline again with automated notifications.
- Chat directly with your mail for extra information and insights.
- Junk mail is auto-detected and sent to spam.
Compliance support
Easily pass off your compliance mail to an expert. Simply tag the Postal compliance team and we’ll make sure your compliance tasks and filings are actioned for you, before the deadline.
- Instantly pass compliance mail off to our team for action
- Stay compliant with changing laws and regulations
- Specialized in corporate licensing and insurance compliance
Built to HIPAA and SOC 2 security standards
Protect your data and your clients’ data with a virtual mailbox that’s Built to HIPAA and SOC 2 security standards. Postal scans and processes all your mail in on-site facilities that are secure and private.
- Keep your PHI safe and secure from third parties
- Built to HIPAA and SOC 2 security standards
- Bring your post into line with how you handle the rest of your data
Premium virtual mailbox address
Give your business the address it deserves with a premium location in a major US city. Whether you’re based locally, interstate, or internationally, Postal gives you a unique street address in a prestigious US location.
- Your own address with a unique suite number.
- Sought-after street addresses like 5th Avenue in New York City.
- A permanent address for registration, tax, and all incoming mail.
Every business entity formed or registered in New York must have a registered agent. Your registered agent, also known as an agent for service of process, is responsible for receiving legal documents, tax notices, and official correspondence on behalf of your business.
In New York, a registered agent can be an individual or a professional service located within New York State, like Postal. This ensures you are compliant with state regulations and have a reliable way to receive communications from government agencies.
When choosing a registered agent in New York, consider affordability, reliability, availability, and their experience with state compliance requirements. Your agent must have a physical address in New York and be accessible during business hours.
Look for a service with prompt digital mail forwarding, strong privacy protection, and local customer support. Ensure they handle your mail securely and are diligent in flagging deadlines for you.
New York is home to over 2,378,000 small businesses. Around 80.9 percent of them are solo, with nobody on the payroll, a touch under the national average.
New York City alone supports an extraordinarily dense small business ecosystem spanning finance, professional services, media, and fashion, while upstate cities like Buffalo and Rochester carry their own smaller manufacturing and healthcare bases. The sheer size and diversity of the state's economy makes it one of the most varied small business landscapes in the country.
Getting registered means deciding on a structure, most often an LLC or corporation, and filing with the New York Secretary of State. Once the paperwork clears you handle any local licensing and request an Employer Identification Number from the IRS.
New York requires both corporations and LLCs to file a Biennial Statement with the Department of State every two years, with reports due during the entity's anniversary month, the calendar month the entity originally filed. Foreign corporations and LLCs follow the identical schedule and fee as domestic entities. This is separate from any corporate franchise tax obligations, which are handled by the Department of Taxation and Finance.
The Biennial Statement costs just $9 for either entity type. There's no dollar penalty for missing it, but the entity's record shows as past due, which can block certain business transactions and, left unresolved, risks suspension of the entity's authority to do business in the state.
Manage your mail from anywhere
Receive scanned, summarized copies of your mail the day it’s received.
Put compliance on autopilot
If you need it, we’ll action your service of process mail for you.
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- Change of address guidance
- Friendly customer support